You’re Hired! A Master List Of Trump Appointees

It’s the biggest parlor game in DC when a new President comes to town: Who will occupy the top spots in the new administration?

While resumes are polished, back channels opened and the public and private preening begins, dubious lists appear of prospective, rumored, and wannabe appointees, some lists more reliably informed than others.

TPM will maintain a master list of all of the reported possible picks for the top slots–far-fetched or not–crossing them off as they are eliminated from consideration.

It will be an evolving list so check back as Trump builds out a new administration from scratch.

James Connaughton, chief executive of Nautilus Data Technologies and former environmental adviser in the Bush administration

Secretary of Education:

Trump has suggested the Department of Education will be reduced, if not completely dismantled, in his administration, but that has not diminished speculation.

*Betsy DeVos, Michigan philanthropist, chairwoman of the American Federation for Children (AFC), former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party was announced as the new Secretary of Education on Wednesday

Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband and owner of the New York Observer, was seen walking with Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, igniting speculation he might be in the running for the position under a Trump administration.